Implement for marking cloth



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7 IMPLEMENT FOR MARKING CLOTH. No. 404,482. Patented June 4, 1889 N TEES, VholwLifihugnpller. Wishlrlgiun D l;

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHAN IIARRIS, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPLEMENT FOR MARKING CLOTH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 404,482, dated June 4, 1889.

I g Application filed August 15, 1888- Serial No. 282,822. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NATHAN HARRIS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Implement for Marking Cloth, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a cloth-marking implement constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section of the same on the line 00 cc of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal vertical section of the same. Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are transverse sections illustrating modifications in my invention.

In cutting out garments where two or more pieces or thicknesses of cloth laid one upon the other are cut at a single operation it is customary to mark the location of the buttonholes, pockets, &c., with chalk on the upper piece of cloth, and then, to avoid the necessity of marking each separate piece of cloth at these points, basting-threads are run loosely through the several thicknesses of cloth at these points, the threads being cut as each piece of cloth is lifted off in such a manner as to leave a short piece of the thread in the cloth at each point to be marked. This method is inconvenient and consumes considerable time; and my invention has for its object to provide a simple implement by means of which the location of button-holes, pockets, &c., may be marked at a single opera tion on a series of thicknesses or pieces of cloth laid one upon the other.

To this end my invention consists in a sharppointed spindle provided with a longitudinal chamber or recess for containing powdered chalk or other suitable marking substance, and having a longitudinal slot or groove on one or both sides for the passage of the marking substance to the cloth as the spindle is forced through the latter, as hereinafter more particularly set forth.

In the said drawings, A represents a steel spindle, which is provided at its upper end with a handle Z), of any suitable shape, and at its lower end with a sharp point 0, the spindle being preferably of small diameter, so that when forced through the cloth it will make a small hole only, which will close up when the implement is withdrawn; The spindle A is made hollow or tubular for a portion or the Whole of its length, whereby a longitudinal chamber or recess d is formed, as seen in Figs. 2. and 3, for containing powdered chalk or other suitable marking substance. On one side of the spindle A is a longitudinal slot or groove f, communicating with the chamber d, and extending from one end to the other of the same.

In using my improved implement,'when a series of pieces of .cloth laid one upon the other have been cut to the desired pattern, the location of the button-holes, pockets, or other points which it is desired to indicate to the tailor, are marked, as usual, with chalk. The spindle A, having its longitudinal chamber or recess filled with powdered chalk or other suitable marking substance, is then forced through the cloth at each point where it is desired to mark the same, and as the implement is forced through the layers of cloth the chalk passes out through the longitudinal slot or groove f onto each layer of cloth, making a small dot thereon at the point where the spindle passes through it, thus marking the same as desired. The spindle is then with drawn and again passed through the cloth wherever it is desired to mark the same.

Instead of making the spindle A tubular,

as above described, the longitudinal chamber or recess for containing the marking substance may be formed by simply cutting a deep groove in the spindle, as shown in Fig. 4, or two grooves may be cut, one on each side, as seen in Fig. 5, or a single slot may be cut entirely through the spindle, as seen in Fig. 6. These are obviously but modifications of my invent-ion, and either of the constructions shown may be used, as preferred.

The above-described implement is simple and inexpensive, and by its use much time and labor can be saved, especially where clothing is'made in-large quantities and a number of thicknesses of cloth laid one upon the other. are cut at a single operation.

What I claim as my invention, and desire the marking substance to the cloth as the IO to secure by Letters Patent, is spindle is forced through the same, substan- A cloth-marking implement consisting of a tially as and for the. purpose described. spindle A, provided at one end with a handle Witness my hand this 9th day of August, 5 b and at the opposite end with a sharp point A. D. 1888.

c, and having a longitudinal chamber or recess NATHAN HARRIS. for containing powdered chalk or other suit- In presence of--- able marking substance, and a continuous P. E. TESCHEMAOHER,

longitudinal slot or groove f for the passage of CARRIE L. RUSSELL. 

